Owen Goal
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Owen Goal was a fictional character
from the British
comic The Dandy
. It centres around a schoolboy who plays for a school football team. The comic strip is one page long and features Owen's interaction with his overweight, lazy and incompetent coach. The strip is very similar to DC Thomson stablemate The Beano
's Ball Boy strip.
It started in the Dandy
in 1998 as reprinted versions of Cannonball Kid
from Nutty
drawn by Rob Lee, recoloured, given a new masthead of a football shirt with OWEN GOAL on it, and with new speech balloons.
From December 1998, Owen got new strips drawn by Nigel Parkinson
, which played more on Owen's interaction with his coach and his very poor football skills (the title is a pun
on the phrase own goal
, combined with the name of the English
footballer Michael Owen
(who at the time was in his late teens when the strip was first printed). Owen continued into the new Dandy, apparently at the same school as Jak
, where he would still occasionally appear.
Owen's coach is lazy and in his spare time eats lots of junk food.
It appeared only sporadically during the Xtreme era and is now officially dropped.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
from the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
comic The Dandy
The Dandy
The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...
. It centres around a schoolboy who plays for a school football team. The comic strip is one page long and features Owen's interaction with his overweight, lazy and incompetent coach. The strip is very similar to DC Thomson stablemate The Beano
The Beano
The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...
's Ball Boy strip.
It started in the Dandy
Dandy
A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self...
in 1998 as reprinted versions of Cannonball Kid
Cannonball Kid
Cannonball Kid was a comic strip appearing in Nutty comic and drawn by Rob Lee from 1980 to 1985. The strip featured a character who was obsessed with football in a similar fashion to the Beano character Ball Boy. When Nutty was merged with The Dandy in 1985, the strip was discontinued...
from Nutty
Nutty
Nutty was a British comic that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with The Dandy. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, Nutty was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic comic compared to many on sale at the time. Its strips included:* Bananaman as...
drawn by Rob Lee, recoloured, given a new masthead of a football shirt with OWEN GOAL on it, and with new speech balloons.
From December 1998, Owen got new strips drawn by Nigel Parkinson
Nigel Parkinson
Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.-Biography:...
, which played more on Owen's interaction with his coach and his very poor football skills (the title is a pun
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
on the phrase own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....
, combined with the name of the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
footballer Michael Owen
Michael Owen
Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
(who at the time was in his late teens when the strip was first printed). Owen continued into the new Dandy, apparently at the same school as Jak
Jak (comics)
Jak Hurley and Todd Nolan are two fictional comic strip characters from the UK comic The Dandy who rose to popularity as the comic's main strip after its re-launch in 2004...
, where he would still occasionally appear.
Owen's coach is lazy and in his spare time eats lots of junk food.
It appeared only sporadically during the Xtreme era and is now officially dropped.